Broker-A person whose business it is to prepare shipping and customs documents for international shipments. Brokers often have offices at major freight gateways, including border crossings, seaports, and airports.ontainer-A box' typically ten to forty feet long, which is used primarily for ocean freight shipment. For travel to and from ports, containers are loaded onto truck chassis' or on railroad flatcars.
Superfruit is a marketing term first used in the food and beverage industry in 2004. Superfruit has no official definition in major consumer markets, e.g., Europe or the United States by regulatory authorities such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This zingy fruit helps put the zest in Christmas. âThis is prime time for grapefruit,â said Bob Blakely of the California Citrus Mutual, which represents about 2,000 citrus growers throughout the state. Grapefruit, the misnamed giant of the citrus family, reach their peak of availability during the holiday season. But most of the fresh grapefruit seen in local supermarkets now was shipped from Texas, where harvest starts in earnest in December and peaks in January and February.